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Beyoncé’s notorious work ethic once resulted in her getting a vocal injury. She has been pursuing a career in music since childhood, and was willing to do whatever she could to make it. She said that after spending hours in the studio, she injured her vocal cords. 

Beyoncé said she got a vocal injury from singing too long in the studio

While growing up, Beyoncé said she threw herself into the pursuit of a music career.

“My teenage years were about the grind. I grew up hearing this particular scripture from James 2:17, ‘Faith without work is dead,’” she told Harper’s Bazaar. “Vision and intention weren’t enough; I had to put in the work. I committed to always being a student and always being open to growth.”

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She said she sacrificed a lot to get to where she is now.

“My energy went into Destiny’s Child and the dream of us getting a record deal and becoming musicians,” she said. “If something wasn’t helping me reach my goal, I decided to invest no time in it. I didn’t feel like I had time to ‘kiki’ or hang out. I sacrificed a lot of things and ran from any possible distraction.”

Unfortunately, this relentless work ethic resulted in a vocal injury. She worried that this would permanently damage her career.

“I had my first vocal injury at 13 from singing in the studio for too many hours,” she said. “We had just gotten our first record deal, and I was afraid I had developed nodules and destroyed my voice and that my career could be over. The doctors put me on vocal rest all summer and I was silent once again.”

Luckily, she recovered from the vocal injury.

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